Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Formerly part of Noctuidae; includes the former noctuid subfamilies Calpinae, Catocalinae, Euteliinae, Herminiinae, Hypeninae, among others (see
All-Leps).
BugGuide currently follows the classification shown at
All-Leps (See
discussion here). Jean-Francois Landry and Don Lafontaine of Agriculture Canada, and John Burns and Scott Miller of the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History are curators of the list, with assistance from others named at the bottom of
this page. The classification of moths is continuously under study, and further changes are inevitable.
One of seven North American families in the superfamily Noctuoidea (or eight families, if Pantheinae is given family status [
Pantheidae], according to Kitching and Rawlins, 1999).
Print References
Kitching, I.J., and J.E. Rawlins. 1999. (The Noctuoidea, pp. 355-401 in Kristensen N.P. (editor). Lepidoptera: Moths and butterflies. Volume 1: Evolution, systematics and biogeography. Handbook of Zoology/Handbuch der Zoologie. Walter de Gruyter. Berlin/New York).
Internet References
classification of superfamily Noctuoidea, showing seven families (All-Leps)
Contributed by
Robin McLeod on 26 February, 2006 - 7:43pm
Last updated 27 April, 2009 - 12:49am
